Manifolding check-holder.



'E'. F. COATBS. MANIFOLDING CHECK HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18l1912 Patented 0G13. 7, 1913.

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MANIFOLDING CHECK-HOLDER.

T all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, AFMMA F. CoA'rus, citizenof the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Manifold 'ing CheckHolders; and l do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such `as will enable thers skilled inthe art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This' invention relates to improvements in manifoldingI check holders,and has for an object to provide a convenient portable holder which willadmit of ready insertion of separate sales slips. .i

A further object of the invention is to rovide means removabl secured tothe holder for duplicating o ers.

Withtheseand other objects in view the invention comprises certain novelconstructions, arrangements, and combination of parts as will be morefully described "and claimed.

'In the drawing-Figure 1 represents a plan view of the holder providedwith checks and duplicating carbon papers. Fig. 2 is a view of the blankwith one of the binding members. removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse,vertical section taken online 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. d is a detail viewshowing the spreading memberfor holding the binder to the holder.

' Like characters of reference designate corresponding 'parts"throughout -the several views.

The aim of this invention is to provide a 'separate check holder havingbindingmeans for the said checks, means for binding a duplicating paperto the body of the holder, and means for alining the checks andduplicating paper.

In the drawings where one embodiment of the invention is shown, 1represents a rectangular back board -made ofpany suitable material vsuchas copper', brass or nickel plated with iron. Carried bythe shorter endof' the back board 1 is theclip 2, while carried by the longer side ofthe body is a second clip 3: `Inasmuch as these clips are identicall inlconstruction only one will be described.

' As shown in Figs. 2 and 3 there are formed integral with back board 1proj ectin ears 4.

specification oftewel-s Patent.

Adapted to slip over ears/.5c are curve spring members 5 provided withlongitudinal' slots Application filed June 18, 1912. Serial No.`764.335.`

6 and 7; the ears a are designed to pass through the slot G. Struck outfrom. the back board lare bosses 8 which engage the upturned end ot' thecurved spring member and positively prevent the removal ot the same.l'l'eld by the spring member 5 is a binding plate t) having :i rib l()formed thereon and extending tlirouglioitt its length. Member 9 is alsoprovided with :in ear 11 formed integral therewith. which ear isdesigned to pass through slot i' ot' spring' member 5 and lie just abovethe ear i formed on back board 1. The rib 10 is formed on binding plaie9 and engages the downturned end of the curved spring member' 5 topositively prevent remoyal of the same, rib 10 acting in this respect inthe same capacity as boss 8. In this construction, illustrated mpstclearly in Fig. 3, it will be seen that the binding plate 9 isresiliently held against back board 1 and at the saine time is preventedfrom lateral movement by means ot spring 5. l

The boss 8 and the rib 10, as will be ap parent, operate to prevent theaccidental slipping of thebinding plate 9 from the back board 1. Nearone of' the longer edgesof the back board 1 arelugs 12, struck up from'the body of the holder .and designed to form stops for al'imng thechecks.

The edge of the holder opposite that car- I -rying the clip 3 has formedintegral therewith two projections 13 and, lll which when rolled, asmost clearly illustrated. in Fig. 3, will form a holder l'for a pencilor pen.-

` ln using this device separate checks, both original-and duplicates, asindicated at 15,

are slipped under the binder plate' 9 of yclip 2. When these checks arein place a suitable reproducing sheet such as the carbon sheet indicatedat 16 is inserted underthe'binding plate 9 of the clip 3. It is to beunderstood of course that any number of sheets of carbonmay -beheld bythe clip 3 as may be required. The carbon 16 is then slipped bey vtheposition of the cal-bons and checks might be changed and the holderitself may be given any Vfinish which ,will conform with r v`Whatisclaimed isz...

v r1. The combinationwithfvlaback boai'd substantially rectangular,'offa clip located at one end ofthe Aback .board fan'd Stops equally4spaced from v one side :of the back, andv avsecond clip carried'bytheback between the..

line of the stops'a'nd theedge of said side;

2. The .combination withaback board` substantially :rectz'in'gulalghavin stops extending upwardly from thev sur ace of? the backandequally'spaced from one side, of a clip located at'one endofthe'backsubstantially. miday between-the'stops aid` the'y otherl side ofthev back board, and al second Copies of this patent ma he olitained forve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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"clip earned at the firfsilnienanea Side of the baclg'dsposed betweenythe stops andthe adjacent jedgepf the back.

' 3. The? combinationwithl'a back board Substantially rectangular, of aclip located .at oxieqend offthe back board, a line of stops locatedalori' one side `of the backboard, and

asecond clip carried by" the back boardv on 4Said side and locatedoutside thexline.4 of

stops.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature .in presence of two witnesses.

l c EMMA. F. ooATEs 'Witnessest i'

